AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Applied Materials Launches 2 New Chipmaking Systems for 3D Scaling
The new deposition and etch systems want to push manufacturing limits in advanced AI chip production.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Women-Led AI Hackathon WitchHunt 2026 Crowns Winners Across Health, Education, Climate & Smart Cities Segments
WitchHunt 2026 concluded in Bengaluru with 6,151 participants from 23 states, producing 373 working AI prototypes that tackle challenges across four impact sectors.
Prachi Pradhan ·
MeitY Urges IT Industry to Embrace AI Transformation, Focus on Reskilling Workforce
The consultation highlighted how client expectations are evolving from traditional process outsourcing to end-to-end digital transformation services powered by AI.
Shalini Mondal ·
Ahead of NEET Re-Exam, Centre Temporarily Blocks Telegram to Prevent Paper Leak
The National Testing Agency had highlighted a major concern of fraudsters attempting to deceive students.
Shalini Mondal ·
BHASHINI, GeM Join Hands to Make Public Procurement Accessible in 22 Indian Languages
Under the agreement, GeM and BHASHINI will jointly debelop multilingual digital resources through initiatives such as BHASHINI Udyat, Mitra, Appmitra, Sahyogi, and Pravakta.
Shalini Mondal ·
Salesforce to Acquire Fin for $3.6 Bn to Boost AI Agent Business
Fin’s AI agents can handle customer queries across chat, email, phone, WhatsApp, SMS and Slack.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Adani Group, Jabil Partner to Build AI Data Centre Hardware Platform in India
The companies intend to build multi-gigawatt AI rack manufacturing capacity in India to serve hyperscalers, colocation operators and enterprise data centre customers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Sarvam AI Raises $234 Mn in HCLTech-Led Series B Round at $1.5 Bn Valuation
HCLTech also acquired a 10.46% stake in the company through an all-cash minority investment.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Equal AI Raises $30 Mn Led by Prosus Ventures, Tomales Bay Capital to Scale AI Call Assistant
Equal AI will expand its AI assistant platform as it scales its consumer business and deepens its presence in India's growing AI applications market.
Merin Susan John ·
Google DeepMind Publishes Roadmap to Superintelligence
Researchers argue progress beyond human-level AI could come through scaling, self-improvement, paradigm shifts, or multi-agent systems.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
LTM Launches AI-Native Managed Services Platform as it Looks Beyond Manpower-led Delivery
As AI reshapes IT services, LTM's new agentic AI platform aims to automate technology operations and reduce dependence on traditional manpower-led support.
Ajay Rag ·
EXL Strengthens India Presence with Expanded Chennai AI Hub
The expansion reflects EXL’s broader AI strategy with nearly 60% of the company’s revenue now generated from data and AI services, according to company executives.
Prachi Pradhan ·
India’s AI Boom Could Double Data Centre Water Consumption by 2030: Report
A CEEW report highlighted the environmental cost of AI growth, estimating that a single 100 MW hyperscale data centre can consume nearly 20 lakh litres of water every day.
Prachi Pradhan ·
‘Human Capital Does Not Become Less Valuable as Token Capital Grows,’ Says Satya Nadella
The Microsoft chief warned against a future in which a handful of AI models capture most of the economic value created by AI.
Siddharth Jindal ·
US Orders Anthropic to Block Foreign Nationals From Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic said the government cited a potential jailbreak technique, though it argued the reported capabilities are already available in other AI models.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Karnataka to Establish 50 AI Labs in Govt Colleges to Boost Future-Ready Skills
Under the IndiaAI Mission, each laboratory will receive financial assistance of ₹68.98 lakh over three years, disbursed in three instalments
Shalini Mondal ·
Infosys Partners with CMMI Institute to Develop AI Maturity Framework for Enterprises
Infosys has become among the first organisations to complete its pilot assessment on the CMMI Institute’s framework.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Keysight, Siemens Software Partner for AI-Led PLM Testing
The partnership brings AI-based test automation to Teamcenter users managing product lifecycle systems.
Sanjana Gupta ·
TCS Launches Oracle AI Data Lab in Kolkata, Plans Expansion to 4 More Cities
TCS’ Oracle AI Data Platform Lab marked a deeper push into enterprise AI and data modernisation.
Ajay Rag ·
Happiest Minds Launches Agentic AI Platform to Automate Software Engineering Tasks
The platform deploys autonomous software engineering agents across development workflows, signalling a shift from AI assistants to AI systems capable of executing end-to-end engineering tasks with human oversight.
Ajay Rag ·